“I knew. I was not naive. I didn't want to know. I was naive.”
“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.”
“You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours”
“Since this is Russia, such things are to be expected, though of course, neither he nor anyone else expected it.”
“This isn't business. This is poetry.”
“... how much patience is a virtue, how much rage is a necessity?”
“I already knew that I had the ability to free myself from hatred, and I viewed this as my most significant conquest.”